News, March 31, 2010

	UN Details Pervasive Corruption in Afghanistan
	Bicycle Bomb Kills 13 in Southern Afghanistan   No Means No, Canada PM Tells Clinton on Afghanistan   Study: Two-Thirds of Boys in Afghan Jails Are Brutalized

Afghanistan

Afghan Opinion Divided on Obama's Visit Top US Military Officer Gets Earful From Afghans Tribal Elders' Support Critical in Afghanistan Afghan President Wraps Up Talks With Insurgents US Forces Set Sights on Taliban Bastion of Kandahar Displacement Fears Ahead of Kandahar Operation US-Led Campaign in Kandahar Will Focus on Political Leaders Despite Doubt, Brother of Afghan Leader Retains Power UN: Corruption Deepens Poverty in Afghanistan US Forces Set Sights on Taliban Bastion of Kandahar Mongolia Sends Troops to Afghanistan For the Moment Obama Won't Seek More French Troops

Pakistan

UN to Shut Pakistan Offices Over Bhutto Report Balochistan: Pakistan's Broken Mirror Iran Says Rescues Diplomat Kidnapped in Pakistan

News, March 30, 2010

	Mullen: Govt Corruption Will Lose Kandahar
	Afghan Leader Is Seen to Flout Influence of US   Obama Slips Into Afghanistan to Voice US Resolve

Afghanistan

Taliban Rocket Hits US Base After Obama Leaves Afghanistan Sarkozy in US for Talks on Afghanistan, Iran US Wants Canada to Stay in Afghanistan 14 Injured in NATO Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Obama Seeks Delicate Balance With Karzai US Troops Train for Both Combat and Conversation

Pakistan

Pakistani Troops Kill 28 Militants Near Afghan Border Pakistan Court Maintains Curbs on AQ Khan US-Pakistan Dialogue With a Difference Pentagon: Drones May Ship to Pakistan 'Within a Year'

News, March 29, 2010

	Obama: Afghan War 'Absolutely Essential'
	Karzai Accused of Blocking Arrest of Official

Afghanistan

Afghan Corruption: How to Follow the Money? Bomb Attacks Kill 11 in Afghanistan Afghanistan: Peace in the North, War in the South Mullah Omar Appoints Two New Deputies in Baradar's Place Russia Says US Should Eradicate Afghan Opium German Minister in Afghanistan for Police Talks In Nebraska, a Center for Afghanistan Studies – and for Controversy

Pakistan

Report: 40 Top Militants of Malakand Killed Troops Kill 15 More Militants in Orakzai Bomb Attack Injures 5 in NW Pakistan Pakistani Taliban Plans to Kidnap US, Afghan Diplomats FM: Pakistan to Get US Drone Technology Soon Economic Aid for Pakistan a Victim of Corruption Worries

News, March 28, 2010

	Obama: Afghan War 'Absolutely Essential'
	US Troop Deaths Double in Afghanistan   CIA Paper Reveals Plans to Manipulate Euro Opinion on Afghanistan

	State Dept: Drone Attacks Are Legit Self-Defense
	US Missiles Bomb Pakistan Houses, 4 Killed

Afghanistan

Drugs and Desertion: How the UK Really Rates Afghan Police Taliban Fighters Are 'Conditioned' to Die in Battle, Claims Former Insurgent UK Soldier Dies After Suicide Bomb Blast in Helmand

Pakistan

9 Alleged Militants Killed in Pakistan Airstrikes, Says Local Official Pakistan: Six Kidnapped Truckers Found Dead in Thal Pakistan: Terrorist Involved in Murder of Chinese Engineers Arrested US Official: Pakistan's Lashkar-E-Taiba Expanding to Other South Asian States Reform School Attempts to Offer Child Fighters Chance at a New Life Doors Still Open for Dialogue on Judges, Says Nawaz